ΒΟΣΠΟΡΑΝΟΥΣ, βοσπορανους
BOSPORANOUS, bosporanous
Sounds Like: bos-po-RAH-noos
Translations: Bosporan, of the Bosporus
From the root: ΒΟΣΠΟΡΑΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective referring to the Bosporus, a narrow strait in northwestern Turkey connecting the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara. It describes something or someone associated with that region. For example, it could refer to a person from the Bosporus or something belonging to the Bosporus.
Inflection: Masculine or Feminine, Accusative, Plural
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 16:34
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΟΣΠΟΡΑΝΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΒΟΣΠΟΡΑΝΟΣ — Bosporan, a Bosporan, of the Bosporus
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